Five Dynasties · Pinglu Army Monitor

Yang Xiwang 楊希望

Died AD 923 to AD 926

Passages: 9
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Yang Xiwang was a Pinglu Army Monitor.

Life and dates

Death

AD 923 to AD 926 同光中
Killed · Killed by Wang Gongyan (王公儼)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 44
AD 926 斬之
Executed · With Wang Gongyan (王公儼)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 17

Attested activity

AD 926
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 14
AD 923 to AD 926 同光中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 37

Key source chapters

Career and standing

army monitor 監軍
AD 923 to AD 926 同光中 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 37
Pinglu Army Monitor 平盧監軍
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 14

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Book of Later Tang 13: Mingzong Annals 3 · 6 passages

初，同光中，符習為青州節度使，宦官楊希望為監軍，專製軍政。 In Tongguang Fu Xi had held Qing while eunuch Yang Xiwang as monitor controlled the army.

希望遣兵邀之，習懼而還。 Yang Xiwang sent troops to cut him off; Fu Xi retreated in fear.

希望聞魏軍亂，遣兵圍守習家，欲盡殺之。 Hearing of the Wei mutiny, Yang Xiwang besieged Fu Xi's family to kill them all.

公儼素受希望獎愛，謂希望曰：「內侍宜分腹心之兵，監四面守陴者，則誰敢異圖。」 Gongyan, favored by Yang Xiwang, said to him, "Your Grace should divide your trusted troops to watch all four sides of the ramparts—then who would dare plot differently."

希望從之。 Yang Xiwang agreed.

公儼乘其無備，圍希望之第，擒而殺之。 Gongyan surprised him, surrounded his house, seized Yang Xiwang, and killed him.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 3 passages

平盧監軍楊希望聞習為明宗所召，乃以兵圍習家屬，將殺之。 Yang Xiwang, the Pinglu army monitor, heard Xi had gone over to Mingzong. He surrounded Xi’s family with troops and meant to kill them.

指揮使王公儼素為希望所信，紿希望曰：「內侍盡忠朝廷，誅反者家族，孰敢不效命！ Wang Gongyan, a commander Xiwang trusted, tricked him: “You serve the throne faithfully by destroying a rebel’s kin—who would not follow you?

希望信之，乃悉分其兵守城，公儼因擒希望斬之，習家屬由是獲免。 Xiwang believed him and sent his men to the walls. Gongyan seized him and cut off his head. Xi’s family was spared.